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This book focuses on Samuel Miller (1769-1850), the first professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government at Princeton Theological Seminary. It introduces the reader to a first-generation representative of Old Princeton, and the challenge that Stanton presents to the Ahlstrom thesis. The Ahlstrom thesis states that Old Princeton adopted false presuppositions from the Scottish Enlightenment and consequently broke from the Reformed tradition. This book invites the scholars who embraced this thesis to reassess.
Stanton also provides readers with a synopsis of the archival resources for Miller's career, including unpublished sermons, introductory lectures, and lectures on piety, preaching, and Sacred Chronology. These indicate that Miller was influenced by Reformed orthodoxy, scholasticism, and Jonathan Edwards significantly more than Scottish Common Sense.
This book represents the first detailed record of Samuel Miller ever produced and will be a significant contribution to Old Princeton scholarship.
Sommario
Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Miller's Life in Dover, Philadelphia, and Carlisle (1769-1792) - Miller's Ministry in New York City (1793-1813) - Miller's Involvement at Princeton Seminary - Miller's Lectures on Preaching - Miller's Lecture on Piety - Miller's Lectures on Sacred and Ecclesiastical History - Conclusion and Prospect - Bibliography - Index.
Info autore
Allen M. Stanton obtained a PhD from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and is the pastor of Pinehaven Presbyterian Church in Clinton, Mississippi. He edited along with Ariaan C. Neele and Kenneth P. Minkema, The Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Epistle to the Galatians (2019).
Relazione
"Old Princeton Seminary is an institution with storied history and reputation, yet little work has been done on one of its founding faculty members, Samuel Miller. Dr. Allen Stanton has combed through Miller's works and the Princeton archives to show how Reformed Orthodoxy and Jonathan Edwards both shaped his theology. Students of American Presbyterian history cannot afford to miss Dr. Stanton's important historical work." -J. V. Fesko, Harriet Barbour Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson
